Disgraced former French budget minister Jerome Cahuzac lied to a Swiss bank when it accepted his assertion that funds paid into his account had been declared to tax authorities, a newspaper report said Saturday. The Zurich-based Tages Anzeiger said the politician presented a “bogus tax…
‘Dangerous’ Swedes in Volvos arrested in Zurich
Three Swedes visiting Zurich were shocked on Thursday when local police pulled over their black Volvo station wagons and arrested them at gunpoint. … Read More
Raffaello D’Andrea at ZURICH.MINDS — Feedback Control and the Coming Machine Revolution
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Power-Generating Rocking Chair Charges Your iPad
Zurich-based design company Micasa Lab is developing a?power-generating rocking chair, which charges your iPad as you rock. The company’s hand-built iRock chair is a modern take on the traditional furniture which aims to harness the kinetic energy involved in rocking … Read More
Swiss to expand team helping track foreign tax cheats
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss tax authorities are to hire more staff to deal with a flood of requests for information from countries trying to track down tax cheats using Swiss bank accounts – increasing the size of the team from six to 14.
Gone in 60 seconds: Two film fans arrested after staging mock kidnap scene
Watching too many action movies has its consequences. Police in Zurich began a manhunt to track down the victim of an armed kidnapping only to discover it was a re-enactment of a scene from a movie.Read Full Article at RT.com … Read More
Tehran’s Grand Bazaar reopens after currency protests
DUBAI/ZURICH (Reuters) – Tehran’s Grand Bazaar reopened under close police supervision on Saturday, traders said, days after clashes between riot police and crowds protesting against the collapse of the Iranian currency shut down the market.
